AD HOC #65: A special preview screening of Sook-Yin Lee’s PAYING FOR IT, based on the graphic novel of the same name by Chester Brown. Tuesday, November 5, 2024, Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Avenue.
PAYING FOR IT is a live-action adaptation of Chester Brown’s best-selling graphic novel directed and co-written by
Sook-Yin Lee (Octavio is Dead!, Year of the Carnivore). It stars Dan Beirne (Twentieth Century, Priscilla), emerging
actor Emily Lê (Riceboy Sleeps), acclaimed activist/author/performer Andrea Werhun (Modern Whore, Thriving: A Dissociative Reverie). It is produced by Matt Code of Wildling Pictures (See for Me, Mary Goes Round , the upcoming
Young Werther), Sonya Di Rienzo (Brother, The Young Arsonists, the upcoming The Players) and Aeschylus Poulos
(Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make-Believe, Brother, Sleeping Giant) of Hawkeye Pictures; co-produced by Natalie
Urquhart (Suits, Stardust), and Lee, and Executive Produced by Dan Beirne and John Cameron Mitchell (Hedwig and
the Angry Inch, Shortbus). The screenplay is co-written by Lee and Joanne Sarazen (Backspot, Tammy’s Always
Dying).
The movie celebrates the vibrant underground comic and zine era through the experiences of cartoonist Chester Brown. Director Sook-Yin Lee connects the past with the present by bringing together emerging comic actors, performance artists, authors, activists and multimedia creators in front of and behind the camera.
PAYING FOR IT is produced by Wildling Pictures and Hawkeye Pictures with the participation of Telefilm Canada,
Ontario Creates and in association with Bell Media’s Crave and CBC Films.
This is a ticketed event. Cash and Interac e-transfers will be accepted at the event.